Recently added articles from International Journal of Kurdish Studies:
A cautionary tale.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2007 ... A number of articles in this 21st volume of the journal deal with Kurdish nationalist aspirations. To broaden and deepen reflection on the subject, here are excerpts from an argument against self-determination based on ethnicity. The author is Trent University philosopher Michael Neumann, ...
Forest burning as counterinsurgency in Turkish-Kurdistan: an analysis from space.(Report)
Jan 01, 2007; Jongerden, Joost ... Summary From the early 1990s up to 2006, the Turkish Army was reported to have used the burning of forests, fields and villages in the Kurdish areas as a strategy in the conflict against the insurgent PKK. This article evaluates this claim through the use of satellite images ....
Kurdish politics in Turkey: "a question of identity".(Report)
Jan 01, 2007; Gunes, Cengiz ... The image of Kurds fighting the Turkish state emerged time and again during the 20th century. Turkish nation building has been confronted by resolute resistance from Kurds, the majority of whom found themselves within the borders of Turkey after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following ...
From steppe to empire: the Turkmens in Iraq.
Jan 01, 2007; Blaum, Paul A. ... Fire and Water: The First Five Hundred Years The first experience of the country now known as Iraq with the nomadic Turkmens or Turkomans (also called Ghuzz or Oghuz) occurred in the early 1040s. It was at this time that massive Turkmen migrations from Central Asia produced the ...
The Terrier Plan and the emergence of a Kurdish policy under the French Mandate in Syria, 1926-1936.(Report)
Jan 01, 2007; Gorgas, Jordi Tejel ... The triangular relationship between European powers, indigenous state actors and minority players, initiated towards the end of the Ottoman Empire (1880s-1918), continued beyond the Empire's collapse with the creation of new independent states. The establishment of the mandate system after ...
The stateless Kurds in Syria: problems and prospects for the ajanib and maktumin Kurds.(Report)
Jan 01, 2007; Fragiskatos, Peter ... Since the Gulf War of 1991, the Kurdish question has drawn a growing interest among scholars, journalists and policymakers. This will surely continue as a result of the American-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. But while most studies of the Kurds usually concentrate on developments ...
Black-white man, white-red woman: gender representations in Kurdish urban society.(Report)
Jan 01, 2007; Fischer-Tahir, Andrea ... The paper examines cultural representations of gender in Iraqi Kurdistan in the context of colors as social symbols of "masculinity" and "femininity". Exploring the colors white, red and black as examples, the paper argues that the exchange of representations mirrors relations of power ...
The Milwari Dexazim of Ja'far Qoli Zangali a Kurmanci lyric verse from northern Khurasan.(Khorasan, Iran)(Essay)
Jan 01, 2007; Dehqan, Mustafa ... Kurdish literature of Khurasan first appeared in Persian writing after the migration of the Kurds in 1009/1600, in the period of Shah 'Abbas (1). The formal style of Khurasan's Kurds in Kurdish, known as Kurmanci, came to prominence in the middle period of the Qajarid dynasty. Indissolubly ...
Mystical Love and Mystical Nationalism in Farhad Shakely's String.(Critical essay)
Jan 01, 2007; Wahab, Abdurrahman Ahmad ... This analysis of Farhad Shakely's long poem, String, is the first project of its kind in English. It begins with an exploration of the poet's literary career, the foundation he set for modern poetic language and Kurdish prose poetry, and his life and experience in exile. Remaining sections ...
String.(Poem)
Jan 01, 2007; Shakely, Farhad ... <Pre> When the season of dreaming begins, I fix my eyes on the ascending road and ask myself: Should you too take this path? I seek shelter in my silent times and slowly count the nights and the days. I tie the braid of night with a vibrant silken bow and place upon the day's ...